Quotes from Frank Herbert

I will die four deaths—the death of the flesh, the death of the soul, the death of the myth and the death of reason. And all of these deaths contain the seed of resurrection.

Pense no fato de que o surdo é incapaz de ouvir. Sendo assim, será que não sofremos algum tipo de surdez? Que sentidos nos faltam para que não consigamos ver nem ouvir outro mundo a nossa volta?

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts divert attention from the secret influences around the recorded events.

Hubo un tiempo en que los hombres solo prestaban atención a las máquinas, con la esperanza de que ellas les hicieran libres. Pero esto solo permitió que otros hombres con máquinas los esclavizaran

must never submit to animals.

Cada civilización depende de la calidad de los individuos que produce.

mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment. There was no mercy where there could be no stopping.

watching her crawl through the sphincter

Humans live best when each has his own place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things.

Mentats share the fallibilities of those who use them," she said. "The human mind, as is the case with the mind of any animal, is a resonator. It responds to resonances in the environment. The mentat has learned to extend his awareness across many parallel loops of causality and to proceed along those loops for long chains of consequences

Iakin Nefud. Guard corporal. Nefud was addicted to semuta, the drug-music combination that played itself in the deepest consciousness

Nothing wins more loyalty for a leader than an air of bravura," the Duke said.

Conduc?torul trebuie s? menÈ›in? nivelul indivizilor. Prea puÈ›ini indivizi... È™i un popor degenereaz? în gloat?.

Yueh ventured a thin smile, thinking: I believe it has worked. Now, she'll think anything unusual in my manner is due to embarrassment. She'll not look for deeper reasons when she believes she already knows the answer.

Command must always look confident, he thought. All that faith riding on your shoulders while you sit in the critical seat and never show it.

I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were among our best priests and priestesses. Celibacy was no accident in religions. It is also no accident that adolescents make the best soldiers.

Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred.

O ponto de vista dos céticos. E os soberanos são sabidamente céticos no que toca a religião. A religião também é uma arma. E que tipo de arma seria a religião quando elas se tornam o governo?

A menudo es mejor observar lo que hace la gente e ignorar lo que dice. Las discordancias entre el comportamiento y las palabras son extremadamente reveladoras. La acción habla por sí misma.

Life improves the capacity to sustain life [...] Life makes needed nutrients more readily available. It binds more energy into the system through the tremendous chemical interplay from organism to organism.

And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

History holds its own court and delivers its own judgements,' he said. 'I doubt that I'll be concerned when my judgement's handed down.

Now she saw only the circle of stars. They were like the luminous tips of weapons aimed down at her. A shower of meteors crossed her patch of night. The meteors seemed to her like a warning, like tiger stripes, like luminous grave slats clabbering her blood. And she felt the chill of the price on their heads.

En las profundidades de nuestro inconsciente hay una obsesiva necesidad de un universo lógico. Pero el universo real se halla siempre un paso más allá de la lógica.